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Monday, May 5, 1958
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The Headlines
CONGRESS FACES CLASH ON JOB AID AND LABOR CURBS; Senate Democrats to Battle for Greater Help to Idle Than House Bill Gives SEEK DIRECT U. S. GRANT Hearing on Taft-Hartley Act to Stir Fight on G.O.P. Bid for Union Controls CONGRESS FACES CLASH ON JOB AID
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Witch Doctor
David Seville
#1 at the box office
The Bridge on the River Kwai †
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Integrated Circuit (Microchip), Stereo Records & Modem.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
24,868 days ago
(68 years, 48 days)